H-Bear // 18 months

Gosh, it only feels like yesterday that I was writing H-Bear’s 17 month update!

H-Bear now fits into Busby’s iconic raindrop coat, which I have mixed feelings about… It’s the coat she wore almost daily when she became a little girl, rather than a baby, and became ‘her’ (if that makes sense?). I can’t quite believe he’s old enough to wear it – this baby-toddler-child malarkey goes too quickly!

It has felt like H has been perpetually poorly this month, with cold after cold, and the arrival of a few more teeth. His sleep has been quite disturbed because of this, and we’re all feeling a bit exhausted at Make, Do & Push! HQ…

This month, H-Bear has:

Gained two more molars, so he now has 10 teeth.

Decided that pop-up books don’t deserve to exist… and has great fun in destroying them every time my attention is focussed elsewhere.

Decided to take up feng-shui, and takes great pleasure in moving furniture around…

This month, H-Bear loves:

Dairy and soya-free cake!

Walking everywhere. Something has clicked this month, and H-Bear is now happy to hold our hands and walk along. He walked all the way to the Post Office last week (which is about a mile away from our house) holding my hand.

Cars. Still. One of his favourite things to do is stand at the roundabout near our house and watch them… We get some odd looks.

Trains. He absolutely loves walking past the train station we live near, and the train drivers usually wave as they go past.

Doing rolypolys. He will do them anywhere and everywhere. Including in muddy puddles.

There’s not much else to report on the H-Bear front this month, other than he is completely obsessed with our Christmas tree. And, in a very Bah Humbug, un-Christmassy manner, I’m rather looking forward to January and not having to repeat “Please stop touching the Christmas tree” over and over again on a daily basis!